To track some personally noteworthy events, observations and thoughts, letting them age and savor/regret them again a long time later.

Friday, July 2, 2010

HOW TO SELL TOOTHBRUSHES

This story about life is becoming too true for comfort. It came as shared humor in the mail yesterday. I remember how very good windows were yanked out and replaced with inferior windows during the HDB upgrading. How my quality paintwork were painted over with poor quality paint. I wonder how many residents followed up by replacing these government subsidized windows. Quite a few when I stand below my apartment block and look up.

HOW TO SELL TOOTHBRUSHES

The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on productive salesmanship.Little Sally led off: "I sold girl scout cookies and I made $30," she said proudly, "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civil spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success." "Very good," said the teacher. Little Jenny was next: "I sold magazines," she said, "I made $45 and I explained toeveryone that magazines would keep them up on current events." "Very good, Jenny," said the teacher.. Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn. The teacher held her breath ... Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a boxfull of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467," he said. "$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the world were you selling?" "Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny. "Toothbrushes!" echoed the teacher, "How could you possibly sellenough tooth brushes to make that much money?" "I found the busiest corner in town," said Little Johnny, "I set upa Dip & Chip stand and gave everybody who walked by a free sample." They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog shit!" Then I would say,"It is dog shit. Wanna buy a toothbrush?" "I used the governmental approach of giving you something shitty forfree, and then making you pay to get the shitty taste out of your mouth."